Martin de Jong
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Transplanting good practices in Smart City development
A step-wise approach
Developing Xiong’an New Area
A new regime for space production in China’s national technopole?
Xiong’an New Area is not only a newly emerging and nationally endorsed technopole, it is also regarded as a test-bed for novel forms of governance and financial management in China. Although it is currently only in its starting phase, Xiong’an demonstrates that various institu ...
Transit-Oriented Development in China
A Comparative Content Analysis of the Spatial Plans of High-Speed Railway Station Areas
Unlocking system transitions for municipal solid waste infrastructure
A model for mapping interdependencies in a local context
Rapid global urbanization, urban renewal and changes in people's lifestyles have led to both an increase in waste generation and more complex waste types. In response to these changes, many local governments have invested in municipal solid waste infrastructure (MSWI) to imple ...
The development of high-speed railway (HSR) new towns in China represents a new phase of suburbanization and has had a significant impact on urban expansion, but not all of its mechanisms and drivers have been studied. This article aims to understand the booming development of ...
Mix and match
Configuring different types of policy instruments to develop successful low carbon cities in China
Local governments in China actively promote low carbon city pilots to respond to the challenges of climate change mentioned in the Sustainable Development Goals, including building sustainable cities and communities, and taking climate action. However, relatively little is kno ...
Mapping key features and dimensions of the inclusive city
A systematic bibliometric analysis and literature study
Past, present, future
Engagement with sustainable urban development through 35 city labels in the scientific literature 1990–2019
Co-production is a solution by which the government provides public services. Coproduction theory is built upon Western experience and currently focuses on the types of coproduction in different policy stages, the barriers and governance strategies for co-production. However, ...
The multi-level governance of formulating regional brand identities
Evidence from three Mega City Regions in China
The emergence and expansion of clusters of large metropolitan areas also known as Mega City Regions (MCRs) is a worldwide phenomenon. In China, governmental attempts are made to develop so-called regional brand identities for them. Regional brand identities, as a subspecies of ...
Towards developing a new model for inclusive cities in China
The case of Xiong'an New Area
Along with unprecedented urbanization in the last few decades, cities have experienced rapid social and economic transformation in China. A major challenge facing urban authorities in the immediate future is how to plan and govern cities such that they can serve as inclusive s ...
Economic city branding and stakeholder involvement in China
Attempt of a medium-sized city to trigger industrial transformation
Among known studies of city branding by Chinese megacities to realise urban transformation, there is no explorative study of how smaller Chinese cities engage in city branding and attempt to trigger industrial transformation. In response, this article presents an in-depth case ...
While many national and local governments in the world are placing their bets on smart city development in countering challenges such as climate change, air pollution, and congestion, few know exactly how to develop them in practice. A high and rising number of publications ha ...
Aging, shrinking cities, urban agglomerations and other new key terms continue to emerge when describing the large-scale population changes in various cities in mainland China. It is important to simulate the distribution of residential populations at a coarse scale to manage ...
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Emergency services often arrive too late. Only one out of three amb ...